SUMMARY

• I am a Senior Business Analyst / Project Manager with strong skill sets and experience with analyzing business information and recommending software and hardware solutions to improve business processes.
• I have excellent communication, accounting, analytical, project, process, application requirement, risk management, governance, compliance, application testing and knowledge base skills.
• Responsibilities and experience in Capital Markets - Municipal Bonds, Money Market, Equities, Asset Backed Securities, Trust, as well as Ariba Procurement, Government Bond and Equities Trading Desks. I am available immediately.
• In-depth knowledge of multiple, diverse platforms and technical software (PowerPoint, Excel, MS Project, SharePoint Administration, Data Warehousing and ITIL V3 Certified).
• Portfolio, Project and Client financial accounting, auditing and reporting to management and regulators.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in project and process management.
• Project Management oversight and review for best practices in Incident / Problem / Incident / Change / Deploy.
• Gathering and documenting requirements, vision and scope, including monitoring changes throughout project lifecycles, providing financial status and variance analysis as well as commentary.
• Strong communication/documentation skills with strong exposure to SDLC, strong knowledge in Capital Markets and with strong functional experience/knowledge in asset classes such as Fixed Income/Equity
• Resourceful project and process leader with proven thought leadership, organizational and analytical skills.
• Strong problem solving skills pertaining to process improvement and supply chain challenges.
• Experience in working with multiple offshore development teams.
• Proven track record on numerous small to large scale cross-functional IT and business projects
• Demonstrate ability to analyze problems and implement cost efficient solutions enterprise wide.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created Data Governance reports on projects in Clarity for department Mobile COE.
• Researched and provided reports on accounting discrepancies with vendors.
• Projects administrator identifying gaps, compliance risks and budget misalignments.
• Generated data mining processes for metrics reporting to all levels of management on KPI on various process and production metrics across enterprise
• Weekly overview and reports to management on project statuses.
• SAR reporting to management for year end compliance issues.
• Experience working as a BSA inIT Application Development projectscoordinating with business, application offshore, technology, and testing teams.

Senior Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for oversight in change and incident management over the Enterprise.
• Waterfall and Agile experience with project management methodology and enterprise projects.
• Created requirements for monthly operational status reports to be used for online process, program and project reporting to senior management.
• PMO Portfolio and project financial accounting, reconciliation and reporting responsibilities.
• Administrator of shared file SharePoint directory and version control system working files, sent files.
• Enhancing user participation, expediting development, and improving the quality of specifications to define and review the business requirements.
• Assist PMO responsibilities - Data Governance, oversight of project plans, troubleshooting and meeting scheduled benchmarks
• Service Now architecture, requirements team member for Amex Help Desk transition.
• Lead analyst for Service Now User Survey for best practices and procedures.
• Recommended Business Requirements and Functional Specifications based on the stated business need and knowledge of the services and systems deployed utilizing ITIL standards.
• Responsible for numerous UAT testing and procedures to identify process gaps. Corrections would be implemented and tracked for successful change and release items.
• SharePoint database administrator for tracking project files, database maintenance and reporting.
• Tested SDLC software functionality and integration before releases for any unexpected outcome and discovery on proposed process improvements.
• Gap/Comparative analysis for monthly project status reporting to senior management.
• Assist in training new users and less experienced staff on applications and processes for successful on-boarding
• LMS (Learning Mgt. System) Training Report Manager/Administrator for project management across AET.
• M S Server analysis project with Microsoft for Windows 7 enterprise roll out.
• Reduced a monthly project process and resolution time from 25 days to 12 days by revamping and manual reporting process automation.
• Successfully initiated and monitored global server application Clarity Confidential Technologies roll-out with administration of global world-wide scheduling, testing, training, maintenance, oversight and participation to over 3000 end users.
• Manage and maintained Business Application and Repository databases for multiple business units.
• Manage Sarbanes-Oxley preparation of documentation relating to new acquisitions, narratives, control descriptions, risk control matrices, test programs, test results, and management responses and remediation.

Project Assistant

Confidential - NYC

Responsibilities:

• Project Assistant to Head of Strategy & Business Development providing administrative, technical, and project support to department working closely with Vice Presidents and Directors. Versatility in handling multi-task environment.
• Organized and scheduling of top management events, meetings, and conferences globally.
• Responsible for accounting, software/hardware issues, special projects, research (Internet) and client presentations using color graphics.
• Proposed and implemented initiatives affecting corporate wide policies in computer technology and human resources.
• Engaged in independent Project Management skills reporting to senior management.